Curtain-pole



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES 'ZUOKMAIE OF TONAWANDA, NEW YORK.

CURTAIN-POLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of etters Patent NO. 541,650, dated June 25, 1895.

Application filed .Tune 8,1894. Serial No. 513,888. (No model.) l

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES ZUoKMAIER,a citizen of the United States, residing at Tona- Wanda, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Poles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear7 and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Prior to my invention the metallic ornamental balls or knobs at the ends of curtain poles have been removably secu red thereto by means of screws attached to the balls or knobs. The hard'wood of 'which the poles are usually made offers such a resistance to the entrance of the screws as to frequently loosen and wrench them from the balls or knobs to which they are attached.

The object of my invention is to overcomethis difficulty and to that end it consists broadly of a screw-threaded shank with a rounded or blunt driving end and a pointed tapering driven end adapted for engagement with the end of the pole, the ornamental ball or knob being provided with a circular aperture or screw-thread ed socket adapted for the removable reception of the screw-threaded shank attached to the pole.

I will now proceed to minutelydescribe the -manner in which I have carried out my invention and then claim` what I believe to be novel. z

In thedrawings, Figure l is a side view, partly in section, showing one form of my improved attachment; and Fig. 2 is a similar view of another form of my improved attachment.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the pole constructed of wood and 2 is the hollow metallic ball or knob which may be of spherical form' as shown or of any other ornamental config.

uration and intended for removable attachment to the pole.7

3 is a screw-threaded shank having a blunt driving end 4 preferably rounded as shown. Its driven end 5 is pointed or tapering. This pointed end 5 is adapted to be driven cenis soldered a screw-threaded metal nut or block 8 adapted for the reception of the screwthreaded shank secured to the pole, an ornamental metallicshell or cover 9 being interposed between the pole and ball or knob and having a cup-shaped outer end for receiving the ball, which cup is provided with a central smooth hole for the passag'e of the fastener.

The nut or blocksS may be omitted as shown in Fig. 2, the oritice 10 in the ball or knob being screwed down upon the shank 3 to secure the ball or knob in position.

With my improved attachment as shown the screw-threaded shank 3 can be quickly and firmly secured toA the end of the pole in the mannerhereinbefore stated and the ball or knob 2 can be secured to or removed from theshank 3 without the least strain upon any of the parts thus entirely avoiding the breakage of parts incident to the form of attachment now in use.

I claimi y 1. In 'a curtainpole fastening, the combination with a hollow ornament having a threaded aperture; of the fastenerhaving a threaded shank at one end for engaging the aperture, the extremity within the ornament being rounding andl smaller lthan the said aperture for the purpose set forth, and the other end outside the ornament being pointed, substantially as described.

2. In a curtain pole fastening, the combination with a hollow ornament having a threaded aperture, and a nut rigidly secured within the ornanient with its threaded aperture and threads registering with those of said ornament; of the fastener having athreaded shank at one end for engaging the apertures inthe ornament and nut, and its other end outside the ornament being pointed, substantially as described.

3. In a curtain pole fastening, the combination With the-pole, and the fastener compris- ICO ing a pointed shank at one end driven into said pole, an integral annnlar fiange neai` the center of said fastene" standing against the end of the pole, and a threaded shank ai; the other end of the fastener; of a hollow ornament having a threaded aperture removably screwed on to said shank, as and fot'` the purpose set forth.

4. In aenrtain pole fastening, the eombina' tion with the pole, a Shell standing against the end thel'eof and having a cup at its onter end provided with a smooth hole at its center, and a hollow ornament Testing within the cup and provided with a threadled aperture; of

CHARLES ZUCKMAIER. Witnesses:

W. T. MILLER, F. P. RUSTAN. 

